Gothamist
A non-profit newsroom, powered by WNYC.
Gothamist
Listen Live
Arts & Entertainment
Dakota Fanning Is Totally An NYU Freshman
By
Jamie Feldmar
Published Aug 23, 2011
Modified Aug 23, 2011
Share
FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
Never miss a story
Email address
By submitting your information, you're agreeing to receive communications from New York Public Radio in accordance with our Terms .
By
Jamie Feldmar
Published Aug 23, 2011
Modified Aug 23, 2011
Share
FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
We rely on your support to make local news available to all
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2026. Donate today
Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations
Big news, you guys! Doe-eyed Dakota Fanning, fresh off of the Twilight flicks, is totally about to be the latest celebrity to take a stab at graduating from NYU. Will she make it through four years of being blamed for destroying Manhattan, or Professor Franco's stringent grading policy? Only time will tell!
The team over at NYU Local has dug up what appears to be Fanning's NYU email account, and note that she was seen touring the Gallatin School of Individualized Study last spring. Gallatin is the "DIY" / make your own major / weird stepchild of NYU, where students create "concentrations" like The Anthropological Complexities Of Lolcats instead of normal majors.
Previous Gallatin students include Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen (they dropped out), Christy Turlington and that guy from Grizzly Bear, and Emma Watson was also seen touring the school last year. Fanning's got no less than six projects in development for 2012, which gives her a solid fifty-fifty shot at actually graduating.
Tagged
dakota fanning
freshman
gallatin
NYU
Jamie Feldmar
Read more
Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations
Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations
MORE arts-entertainment
How the NYC Marathon has changed in the last 50 years
Spoiler alert: It's still 26.2 miles.
By
Hannah Frishberg
Published Oct 14, 2026 at 2:36 p.m. ET
A visit to Art of Play, the Brooklyn store in an animatronic bird beef with Kelly Clarkson
"Kelly Clarkson has put us in danger," says the co-owner of Art of Play.
By
Sonia Rao
Arts & Entertainment
A visit to Art of Play, the Brooklyn store in an animatronic bird beef with Kelly Clarkson
"Kelly Clarkson has put us in danger," says the co-owner of Art of Play.
By
Sonia Rao
The hottest way to show you're an authentic New Yorker is… riding a Citi Bike?
By
Lindsay Lee Wallace
Is NYC’s hottest attraction the free observation deck at 1 Centre Street?
By
James Ramsay
What happens when NYC kids take lessons in rock music? Really good bands.
By
Jayson Greene
Never miss a story
Catch up on the most important headlines with a roundup of essential NYC stories, delivered to your inbox daily.
Sign upEmail address
By submitting your information, you're agreeing to receive communications from New York Public Radio in accordance with our Terms .